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Fish Story | Allan Sekula

The ocean has long been an object of artistic representation and political debate. Our perceptions of the nature of the ocean and how it should be apportioned among countries have been conditioned by such representations and debate. These attitudes have more or less gone unquestioned in public space in the past twenty years. However, the revitalization of Allan Sekula’s Fish Story at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis invites us to reexamine our preconceptions of the ocean in the context of globalized capitalism. The Walker's presentation of Fish Story, on view from August 24th, 2023 to January 1st, 2024, marks the first time that the work will be presented in the U.S. in its entirety since its institutional debut tour in 1999. The nine-chapter image- and essay-based research project investigates the political, social and environmental impact of the globalized maritime shipping industry and challenges the viewer to reconsider their relationship with the ocean.